Skate holder



Oct. 20, 1953 w. E. FLEMING 2,655,774

SKATE HOLDER Filed April 12; 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR WILLIAM E.FLEMING ITT Oct. 20, 1953 w E FLEMlNG 2,655,774

SKATE HOLDER Filed April 12. 1951 ZSheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR WILLIAM 154FLEMING Patented Oct. 20, 1953 UNI TED STATES PATENT OFFICE SKATE HOLDER=William 'E..Fleining, Gait, Ontario, Canada ApplicationAprill2, 1951,Serial No. 220,567

'8 Claims (Cl. 51228) This invention relates'toia skate holder to "beused for sharpening skates.

The "majority of holders'which are commonly employed to grip skates forsharpening embody O-clamps Which'necessitwte folding up the top oftheboot of the skatebe'fore the skate can be placed in position withinthe c-shaped supports for sharpening.

It is the object of this invention to (provide an improved skate holderwhich does not "necessitate folding the'boot and in which the skate canbe clamped speedily and firmly.

According-to this invention this object is accomplished byaskate'hol'der having a standard provided with clamping means, :and .aclamp member is remov'ably "associated with the standard. When-a skateis to be placed in the holder, the'clamp member is removed, the blade of'theskate-is placed 'onthe clamping means of the standard, and the clampmember is again secured-to the standard to clamp the skate in position.

In the drawings which illustrate oneembodiment of this invention, "andinwhich like reference numerals indicate corresponding parts .inthe-several views:

Fig. 1 is "a'front elevation, partly insection, of a skate holder;

Fig. '2 is a section 'takenon line 22 in Fig.1;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of -a support member;

Fig. 4 is a partly broken away rear elevation of another skate holder;and

Fig. 5 is a broken away sectiontaken online 55' in Fig. 4. v

The skate holder illustrated in Figs. 1 and? has a base if! to whichareaffixed carryinghandles H. A-pair of upright posts [*2 pass'throughbosses! in the'b'ase lil' and areisecure'ci to the base by nuts 13. 'Athreaded rod l4 "having a threaded *en'd M of reduced diameter, passesthrougha similar boss ID in thebasa-and is "held by anut l5 and-washer[Son the threaded end M; the rod M is'free to turn in the boss it". Ahand'wheel I? is rigidly secured onthe. rod M by a set screw [8.

A casting F9 forms part of 'a'stan'dard generscrews 23, and a spacer 24andsupport member 25, which are secured to the other side 'of thecasting "by :screws 26. .The support member comprises a plate havingaguide ,or slot 25 la't oneend; as :shown most. clearly in Fig. 3.

.An upper ..clamp..member, generally indicated '2 by reference numeral"21, comprises a yoke '28 having 'apai'r of arms "28 which carryclamping screws29 at'their'ends. Theyokeiflhas alboss w at its centralportion, anda hole-28 is drilled through the yoke and bossfthe'holeinthe boss being enlarged and tapped. Abolt 3fl.,having -a head'fliipasses through the hole 28. locking nut 38 to which aiiandletii isrigidly attached, is slipped onto'the 'bolt 39., and lock ,nut'sf30 arescrewed onto the end of the bolt. The locking nut'3il has an axial'boss36 threadablyengaged inthe boss 28* of the yoke.

,Figsl and 2 showhow'a' skate, generally indicated by reference numeral'31 clamped onithe skate holder. The skate has :a .bladejtZ secured to aboot 33 in the usual 'mannerby a pair of tubular supports 34."Oneside'ofthebladefil isplaced on the bearingxplate 22,"With"the-sup}port member 25 passingbetween the tubularv supports 34. The clampmemberVZi'is-then placed over the skate, the bolt '39 sliding inthe slot21% until the clamping screws 29 rest on tthe'b'la'de 32. Thelockingnutili pis then screwed out.- wardly against the 'lock nuts 30thus pulling the head ii'fl 'of the'bolttfl against the supportmemberj25 and thereby tightening the yoke -2 B 'again'st thesupport'member. The :clamping screws 29 are then-screwed down to holdthe Marian-tight- 1y against the bearing'plate 22. Turning Tithe handwheel ll serves "to adjustthe elevationof the blade relative fto "the.usual abrasive wheel (not shown) for sharpeningtheiskate. V

-When'-'the;skate hasbeen sharpened,;'it:may be removed *from' theholder by simply screwing the locking nut 39 into *theboss 23 therebyreleasingtheclamp member 21 so that it 'c'anb'elifted ofi.

Anotherembodimeht of thisinventioniis-shown in Figs. 4 and *5. Thisembodiment "has 'a"'base 35, a standard generally'irrdicated as-36,'a"lower clamp member 31 secured to "the standard, a hand wheel 38for raising and lowering the standard, andan upper "clamp member*gener-' ally indicated as 39 and comprisingayoke Q40 andclamping=sorews-4i, all-of whicharesubstantially the same "as thecorresponding parts of -the=first-embodiment shown inFigs. 1 and,:"2

howeventhe'means for engaging the upper clamp member 39 'tothestan'dardStare diifer'eritand will now'bedesc'ribed indetail'. "On-thepppositeside of the standard "from-the-lower clamp-mem her 3-! a supportn'ien'iber generally indicated "by reference numeral ifi'is'secured'tothe standard by=means oi screws -43. The support-member comprises twoplates 44 and secured 'one the otherlendcofrtheispring projects ithrough:a' f

cut-away portion 45 of the outer plate and into the passage or guide 45.The yoke is substantially the same as the yoke 28 of the firstembodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but does not have a bosscorresponding to the boss 28 or a bolt hole corresponding to 29 instead,a resilient catch member 49 is secured to the back of the yoke clampingmeans of the standard and the yoke,

and a catch on one of the standard and the yoke,

the catch having a hook removably engageable with the other of thestandard and the yoke for removably securing the yoke to the standard.

4. A skate holder comprising a standard having clamping means, a yokeremovably engageand depends therefrom. The lower part of the catchmember is bent forwardly, forming a transverse heel portion 39 acrossthe back of the catch member. A hook 49 is formed across the lower endof the catch member.

The upper clamp member 39 is engaged with the standard by inserting thecatch member 49 in the guide 46 and pushing the clamp member downwardlyuntil the hook 49 engages the lower edge of the plate 44. The spring 41holds the catch member in engagement with the standard. The heel portion49 of the catch member rests against the outer plate 45, and a blade 50can be securely clamped against the lower clamp member 31 by screwingdown the clamping screws 4|. The upper clamp member 39 is easily removedby loosenin the clamping screws 4! and tilting the upper clamp memberforwardly, thus rocking it on the heel portion 39 and disengaging thehook 49 from the lower edge of the plate 44. The catch member 49 canthen be withdrawn from the guide 46.

It is obvious that skate holders constructed in accordance with thisinvention can be used to clamp the skate quickly and firmly without thenecessity of folding the boot.

It is thought that the construction and use of the invention will beapparent from the above description of the various parts and theirpurpose. It is to be understood that the forms of the invention herewithshown and described are to be taken as preferred examples of the sameand that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention asdefinedin the subjoined claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A skate holder comprising a base, a pair of substantially verticalposts on the base, a standard slidable on the posts, and screw meansrotatable in the base and the standard for adable with the standard, theyoke also having clamping means, means for adjusting the clampin meansof one of the standard and the yoke in order to secure a skate firmlybetween the skate firmly between the clamping screws and the clampingmeans of the standard, and a catch depending from the yoke and having ahook engageable with the standard for removably securing the yoke to thestandard, the book being drawn into firm engagement with the standard asthe clamping screws are tightened.

6. A skate holder comprising a standard having clamping means, a yokeremovably engageable with the standard, the yoke having clamping screwsadapted to be tightened downwardly against a skate to secure the skatefirmly between the clamping screws and the clamping means of thestandard, and a catch on the yoke removably engageable with the standardfor removably securing the yoke to the standard, the catch having aportion adapted to bear against the standard and rockable thereon todisengage the catch from the standard.

7. A skate holder comprising a standard having clamping means, a yokeremovably engagejusting the position of the standard relative to thebase, the standard having a bearing surface, a yoke removably engageablewith the standard, the yoke having clamping screws adapted to bearadjustably on a skate to. secure the skate firmly between the clampingscrews and the bearing surface of the standard, and the standard and theyoke having means independent of the clamping screws for removablysecuring the yoke to the standard.

2. A skate holder comprising a base, a post on the base, a standardslidable on the post, screw means rotatable in the base and standard forsliding the standard on the post, the standard having a bearing surfaceand a support member the support member having a slot, a yoke having alocking bolt extending through the yoke and slidable in the slot forremovably securing the yoke to the support member, and clamping screwsin the yoke for clamping a skate against the bearing surface.

3. A skate holder comprising a standard having clamping means, a yokeremovably engageable with the standard, the yoke also having clampinmeans, means for adjusting the clamping means of one of the standard andthe yoke in order to secure a skate firmly between the able with thestandard, the yoke having clamping screws adapted to hear at their endson a skate to secure the skate firmly against the clamping means of thestandard, a catch on the yoke removably engageable with the standard,the catch having a portion adapted to bear against the standard, and thestandard having a resilient member adapted to hold the catch inengagement with the standard.

8. A skate holder comprising a standard having clamping means, a base,screw means for adjusting the position of the standard relative to thebase, a yoke removably engageable with the standard, a catch on one ofthe standard and the yoke, the catch having a hook removably engageablewith the other of the standard and the yoke for removably securing theyoke to the standard, the yoke also having clamping means, and means foradjusting the clamping means ofone of the standard and the yoke in orderto secure a skate firmly between the clamping means of the standard andthe yoke.

WILLIAM E. FLEMING.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 1,153,993 Barker Sept. 21, 1915 1,175,702 Busler Mar. '14,1916' 1,213,609 Ferodowill Jan. 23, 1917 1,362,045 'Ritter Dec. 14, 1920

